We have excellent policies in place already in the schools, Mr. Speaker, and that’s because the School Act fundamentally says that schools have to be safe and caring. They have to provide a safe environment. We have to legislate anaphylactic policy. We legislate against bullying. We legislate against – well, you name it. We can just legislate everything and make everybody safe.
The School Act says that we have to create safe and caring schools. Every single teacher, every single principal, every single student, every single parent works together on policies, procedures, and day-to-day operations to ensure that safety. Just because something might or might not be in legislation does not mean that it’s weak because it’s not in legislation or assured because it is. It all comes down to people and how vigilant they are and whether or not the actual day-to-day policies are in place.
Mr. Speaker, my last concern with this is that we become too rigid in our legislation about anaphylaxis policy. We always talk about how legislation is not adaptive or flexible or responsive to meet quick issues that might arise – new treatments, new policies, new procedures – so if we create legislation that may take two or three years and we have to have public consultations to get it changed, we may actually wind up with legislation in place that’s more harmful to students or the situation in schools than it is good.
I encourage all members not to support this motion.

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